Welcome back…

We recently returned from our annual vacation to Lake Placid, New York.  We’ve traveled there now at least 15 seasons in a row and the peacefulness seems to fill us with a happiness and hope that sustains us for the other fifty-one weeks of the year.

So, what awaits us upon our return, aside from long grass and a pool filled with leaves?  Some generous person placed two, “Trump 2020” stickers on our property, one onto our mailbox, and the other, most appropriately, on our, “Hate has no Home here” sign, on our front lawn.

Initially, I couldn’t figure out what bothered me more.  That someone had actually done this, or that it was was someone that we possibly knew, who waited until we were on vacation, stopping in the middle of the night to perform their dirty deed.

Look, we all know that there are Trump supporters out there, right?  I mean, the lowlife is in office for Christ’s sake.  But among US?  Walking where we walk, talking where we talk?  Can it be?

The cowards who performed this act are just that…cowards.  Like most of their unpatriots, they hide in the shadows.  Unlike we Democrats, who put on bumper stickers and lawn signs to TELL people how we feel, these snakes slither about without trying to ruffle too many feathers, for fear it might cost them a few fringe friends…or even worse, cost them business.

For example, I drank Yuengling beer exclusively for 30 years before I learned they were financially supporting the Dark Side in 2016.  I haven’t touched a bottle of their product since.  Nor will I ever again.

It’s like when you casually peer into the window of a neighbor’s home, only to see Fox News blaring on the television.  Suddenly, you realize…”Oh, we are busy on the day of their BBQ.  We’ll have to miss that”.

Sometimes it’s easy to tell who the enemy is.  Big gates around the property, flag flying on the front wall, Hummer in the driveway.  But often, its more subtle, concealed.  They want to avoid getting, “the look”, or worse, the response…”You voted for WHO?   Ugh!”

The vandals in this case were probably kids, or worse, one of their right wing parents.  The people who spout that the country is being kept safe from evil.  Meanwhile, the old USA is about as far down on the totem pole of humanity as they can go right now, so much so that we’re literally sinking into the dirt.  NO matter.  We’ll bounce back, whether it’s in a year or five years.  Ignorance and stupidity can only take you so far.

As Democrats, we’re proud to say who we are, and what we support.  We enjoy our social and moral superiority, because we are, of course, superior.  We have made the right choice.  We can sleep at night.  What do they have?  Their hidden agendas?  Their big pile of money and stuff (which, by the way, I’ve checked and you can’t actually take any of that shit in the casket with you after your heart explodes in your chest).

I enjoy the fact that we’re right and not THE right.  And as much as I am resigned to the fact that we have to endure another 15 months of, “Make America Stupid Again”, every day I am glad, that like Luke Skywalker, we will never turn to the dark side.

So, to the overnight evildoers, next time you decide to visit us, do it in the light of day.  I realize the daylight could kill you, according to popular myths, but give it a try.  Express an opinion.  State a fact (not a Fox News fact, a real fact).  Maybe we can reach common ground.  And if not, at least we’ll know who you are.  And be careful to avoid your property and your business.